During the month of March 2013, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/ recruitment | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|----------| | 06/03/2013 | 258 RME | Exception to Ext Recruitment - 1 x Grade B Principle Financial analyst - 6 month FTC | Recruitment | Approved | | 06/03/2013 | 268 RPP | Exception to the Consultancy Freeze. Additional Funds requested for 244 - Scoping of New Station Stewardship Measure (SSM+), £3,500 | Consultancy | Approved | | 12/03/2013 | 270 CO | Approval to Recruit - 4 week extension to Finance Grade G role | Recruitment | Approved | | 12/03/2013 | 271 RPP | Temporary post - Grade E in I&A | Recruitment | Approved | | 19/03/2013 | 273 EA | Approval to Recruit 1 X Grade C - Interim Internal Comms manager | Recruitment | Approved | | 23/03/2013 | 275 Legal | Exception to Ext Recruitment - 1 x Grade C Safety Lawyer - maternity leave cover | Recruitment | Approval | | 26/03/2013 | 276 Legal | Exception to Ext Recruitment 1 1 x Grade C One month extension to cover maternity leave | Recruitment | Approved | Requests for consultancy valued at \<£20,000 considered by the Director of Corporate Operations:

| Date | Reference | Description | Type | Status | |------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|---------| | 19/03/2013 | 272 RME | Exception to the Consultancy Freeze. Additional Funds requested for productivity and unit cost efficiency on prior year project with CEPA P10102- £8,519 | Consultancy | Approved | | 08/03/2013 | 269 RME | Updates of payment rates for Schedule 8 performance regime- £18,000 | Consultancy | Approved |